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Hi, I'm Ts. Dr. Hazriq Izzuan Jaafar

PROFILE 

Ts. Dr. Hazriq Izzuan Jaafar was born in Ipoh Perak, Malaysia. He is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), Master of Engineering (Electrical - Mechatronics and Automatic Control) and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering (Control System) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2008, 2013 and 2019, respectively. Interestingly, his Ph.D Thesis (Model Reference Command Shaping for Control of a Multimode Double-Pendulum Overhead Crane) was selected as the Best Thesis Award 2021.  

As a lecturer, he has more than 10 years of teaching experience in the area of Control Engineering. The courses include Applied System Modelling and Simulation for Master's level, and Control System Engineering for the Undergraduate and Diploma levels. He was the Head of Department (1 May 2015 - 21 August 2016) and the Deputy Dean of Student Development (1 August 2020 - 14 September 2023) of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTeM. Then, he was appointed as the Manager of Center for Robotics and Industrial Automation (1 November 2023 - 30 June 2025) at the Smart Manufacturing Technology Centre, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), UTeM. Currently, he is responsible as the Deputy Dean of Student Development & Alumni (3 July 2025 - Present) of the Faculty of Electrical Technology and Engineering, UTeM.

Since 2013, he has headed 5 research projects and secured a total funding (including as co-research projects) worth over RM1 million. He has authored and co-authored over 90 papers in various conference proceedings and technical journals. Dr. Hazriq is a senior member of the IEEE Control Systems Society (No: 92470916) and a member of the Malaysian Simulation Society (No: 0032).  In addition, he successfully received a competency certificate of Real Time Control Design and Simulation for Industry 4.0 by SIRIM in 2020. Since 2021, he has been appointed as the Associate Editor of Applications of Modelling and Simulation. His main research interests are Control Systems Engineering, Cranes, System Modelling, PID Control and Particle Swarm Optimization.

• Deputy Dean (Student Development & Alumni),  Faculty of Electrical Technology and Engineering, UTeM
  Duration: 3 July 2025 - Present

• Manager, Center for Robotics and Industrial Automation, Smart Manufacturing Technology Centre, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), UTeM
  Duration: 1 November 2023 - 30 June 2025

• Deputy Dean (Student Development),  Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTeM
  Duration: 1 August 2020 - 14 September 2023

• Head of Department (Diploma Studies), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTeM
  Duration: 1 May 2015 - 21 August 2016

• Trained Person, Overhead Crane Operation and Inspection, No. 104-OCO-01/005/2023 

• Certified Hydraulics Trainer,  Industrial Hydraulics, Bosch Rexroth

• Competency, Real Time Control Design and Simulation for Industry 4.0, SIRIM, No. AC2020298

• Member, Malaysian Simulation Society (MSS), No. 0032 

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), No. 92470916

• Professional Technologist (Ts), Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT), PT20110038

• Graduate Technologist, Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT), GT20080101

• Graduate Engineer, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), No. 47470

• Graduate Engineer, Board of Electrical Engineer Malaysia (BEM), No. G160133A